Private Lives opened at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rogers Theatre), where it ran for 92 performances. Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for each other. Its second act love scene was nearly censored in Britain as too risqué. Coward wrote one of his most popular songs, "Some Day I'll Find You", for the play.
1930 | West End |
Original London Production West End |
1931 | Broadway |
Broadway Production Broadway |
1948 | Broadway |
Broadway |
1968 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway |
1969 | Broadway |
Broadway |
1975 | Broadway |
Broadway |
1983 | Broadway |
Broadway |
1992 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2002 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2010 | West End |
London Production West End |
2011 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2013 | West End |
West End |
2021 | UK Tour |
UK Tour |
2023 | West End |
West End |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2002 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actor - Play | Alan Rickman |
2002 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress - Play | Lindsay Duncan |
2002 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Play | Private Lives |
2002 | Theatre World Awards | Performance | Adam Godley |
2002 | Theatre World Awards | Performance | Emma Fielding |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design | Jenny Beavan |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Play | Howard Davies |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play | Alan Rickman |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play | Lindsay Duncan |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Broccoli/Sine |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | James Nederlander |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Kevin McCollum |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Jeffrey Seller |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Duncan C. Weldon |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Paul Elliott for Triumph Entertainment Partners Ltd. |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Nicholas Paleologos |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Frederick Zollo |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Scott Nederlander |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Ira Pittelman |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Play | Emanuel Azenberg |
2002 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design | Tim Hatley |
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